TMI

Today one of my regular teens came in and asked for some help finding a book.  After I found it for her, we were standing at the desk chatting when both of her parents came up to check out their books.  One of my coworkers was talking up our adult winter reading program to the girl’s mom, who got very excited.

“I definitely need to sign my husband up for that!” she yelled.  “He reads at least an hour on the toilet every day!”

The poor girl just turned bright red and couldn’t look me in the eye.  “Yep, those are my parents,” she mumbled, before practically pushing them out of the library before they could say anything else to mortify her.

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Posted on January 27, 2010, in Library stories. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.

  1. Reminds you how lucky you were to have parents that never embarrased you, doesn’t it? Well, doesn’t it?

  2. Amazing… when I was that age, that’s exactly what my parents would have said. I haven’t needed therapy (yet). Too funny.

  3. Ah well at least her parents have to say something to embarrass her, apparently I can just sit beside my teen to be embarrassing enough to ruin her night. How do any of us live through this age? (Either as teens or moms.)

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